Flying creatures with 60 foot wingspans!

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Flying reptiles just got bigger

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New discoveries in the Americas suggest some had wingspans of 18m (60ft).

But there was nothing ugly about the way they moved through the air, according to expert Dr David Martill, of the University of Portsmouth.

Their ability to utilise air currents, thermals and ground effects would astonish aeroplane designers, he said.

“Pterosaurs were beautifully engineered,” he told BBC News.

"Their skeletons were exceedingly light: their bones were very thin and hollow, and those hollows were filled with an air-sack system. They’d also got rid of their reptilian scales and their wing membrane was very, very thin.